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Professor Karol Sikora

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4 years

Germany has got testing spot on. They plan to test hundreds of thousands for the presence of the antibodies and issue 'Immunity Certificates' to those who test positive-allowing their work to be exempt from the lockdown. This information will be a huge weapon against the virus.

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Professor Karol Sikora

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4 years

Italy just reported its lowest death toll for over two weeks. Cases down, deaths down, recoveries up. It seems like they are past the peak. Fantastic news - wishing them the best.

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Professor Karol Sikora

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4 years

Social distancing works. The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine estimate that before the lockdown one positive person would infect 2.6 other people. Now it's just 0.62. This means the virus is cornered - it has nowhere to go and will burn out. Good news.

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Professor Karol Sikora

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1 year

I've been in medicine for half a century. I've delivered babies, treated cervical cancer and helped thousands of women. I won't be lectured to on what a woman is and whether or not we can say the word. Especially from people with such an awful understanding of biology.

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Professor Karol Sikora

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4 years

There is a real chance that the virus will burn out naturally before any vaccine is developed. We are seeing a roughly similar pattern everywhere - I suspect we have more immunity than estimated. We need to keep slowing the virus, but it could be petering out by itself.

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Professor Karol Sikora

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3 years

I am extremely pro-vaccine, but I passionately believe it should be a person's individual choice. Vaccine passports are wrong.

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Professor Karol Sikora

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4 years

Some laughed at my prediction at the end of March that we would start edging back to normality around the second week in May - it was right! I think by August things will be virtually back to normal, perhaps sooner. We should still prepare for the worst, but hope for the best!

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Professor Karol Sikora

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4 years

It makes no sense that I can soon meet my family in a car showroom or a garden centre, but us sitting apart in the garden is banned. That has no scientific or logical basis. The Government are pleading with us to show some common sense - it needs to work both ways.

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Professor Karol Sikora

@ProfKarolSikora

4 years

What am I hoping to achieve? The country is on its knees. If I can bring a little bit of hope into a few people's lives, that's good enough for me. Treating cancer teaches you that hope is a powerful motivator - I won't apologise to you for trying to help people through this.

Piers Morgan

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4 years

Who’s shouting? I’m very calmly asking why you constantly try to spin bad news positively? What are you hoping to achieve? It’s intellectually dishonest to sugarcoat a crisis like this.

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Professor Karol Sikora

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4 years

A great afternoon in the pub with the woman I first met as a student nurse 50 years ago. And Chico! Have a good day everyone, please be sensible!

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Professor Karol Sikora

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2 years

Words can’t describe how outraged I am by the policy of compulsory vaccinations. It’s not how public health should be conducted. Consent is essential. I disagree with vaccine passports, but this is an entirely new level of unacceptable.

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Professor Karol Sikora

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4 years

I suspect millions have the same view as me. Supported the first lockdown in the face of an unknown virus, but vehemently oppose another shutdown now we know far more about how to deal with it. We can't continue this cycle waiting for a vaccine that may never come.

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Professor Karol Sikora

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4 years

Italy just reported the fewest deaths in more than three weeks. The number of patients in intensive care is declining every day. So pleased the situation is improving for our Italian friends.

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Professor Karol Sikora

@ProfKarolSikora

3 years

Through my work at the WHO, I've had more vaccines than most. From yellow fever to Japanese encephalitis, I had them all. Some countries will demand a COVID vaccine passport, but their domestic use in Britain is unethical, counterproductive and chilling. It's wrong.

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Professor Karol Sikora

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4 years

Piers, nobody is saying the human toll of this crisis isn’t tragic - it's heartbreaking. Having hope that the country will recover is not a bad thing. What's the alternative? Keeping us gripped with fear? That has far-reaching consequences none of us fully understand.

Piers Morgan

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4 years

I find it hard to be as constantly upbeat & positive as the Professor given our devastating death toll. Sorry.

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Professor Karol Sikora

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4 years

Perhaps the most important news of the week. South Korean experts have concluded that the patients who were feared to have been 'reinfected' with the virus were just false positives. A huge boost for long term immunity - many scientists were very concerned about those reports.

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Professor Karol Sikora

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3 years

Oxford vaccine approved. Absolutely fantastic news, not just for us but for countries across the world. Affordable, accessible, effective and safe. A huge thanks to everyone involved who made this possible. A hopeful end to a miserable year.

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Professor Karol Sikora

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4 years

A group of us across medicine, academia and other areas have come together and sent this letter to the PM and his team. Professors Heneghan, Gupta and many others - a wide range of voices as this crisis affects everything. We desperately need a rethink to find a better balance.

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Professor Karol Sikora

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4 years

Piers, enough of this now. Stating facts is not 'spinning this like a Govt minister' - people are sick of this petty point-scoring. My tweets have always been calm, factual and polite. We all know we're in a mess - shouting at each other on Twitter achieves nothing.

Piers Morgan

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4 years

What do you mean ‘we’re getting there’? Today’s daily recorded deaths number is higher than two weeks ago. You’re spinning this like a Govt minister. Why?

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Professor Karol Sikora

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4 years

I married Alison 46 years ago today. Three children and six grandchildren later we are still happily married. The restaurants opened just in time, I'm taking her out to my favourite Thai place tonight. The time has flown by, I wouldn't change a second.

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Professor Karol Sikora

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4 years

I don't want to add more speculation before an official announcement, but I'm so angry at how this is being fed to us through the media. Many people are now waiting in fear in the absence of any proper communication. It's unacceptable. Honestly, we all deserve more respect.

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Professor Karol Sikora

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4 years

In England, there are now 305 Coronavirus patients in hospital with 33 patients on ventilation. At the peak those numbers were around 17,000 and 2,800. No sign of any increase in hospital admissions too. It's so important to look at the whole picture, not just reported cases.

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Professor Karol Sikora

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4 years

111 fatalities reported vs 121, 160, 210, 288, 338, 559, 744 on previous Mondays. The lowest figure since lockdown began. 1570 new cases, the lowest number since the end of March. Hospital admissions continue to fall. Everything is going in the right direction.

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Professor Karol Sikora

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4 years

Slovenia has become the first European country to officially call an end to its Coronavirus epidemic. They started easing the lockdown on April 20 and there are absolutely no signs of a second peak. Great news - they should give us all hope that it can be done.

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Professor Karol Sikora

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4 years

I'm always so impressed with the gentlemen who collect our bins. Didn't miss a collection during this whole pandemic. It's not the most glamorous job in the world, but the whole country would grind to a halt without them. Thousands of them are doing great work. Thanks!

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Professor Karol Sikora

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4 years

Clips of people shouting abuse at Cummings outside his home make me extremely uncomfortable. He has a young child who must be extremely stressed. I understand people are angry, but this level of abuse is unacceptable near someone's family home.

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Professor Karol Sikora

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4 years

Great news. All 5 tests have been passed. From Monday, people can meet up to 6 people in gardens & parks with 2m. Getting loved ones back together is a huge step forward - I'm delighted. This is what people wanted more than anything. It's been tough, but we're getting there.

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Professor Karol Sikora

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4 years

I can't tell you how helpful the social distancing is. If we all keep it up, I think a feasible scenario is a return to some normality at the beginning of May. As long as we keep to the rules now, we'll end up in a much better place after Easter than is feared.

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Professor Karol Sikora

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2 years

I absolutely agree with the importance of giving people the choice whether to have the booster ASAP (I've had mine). Vaccine passports however are ineffective, counterproductive and unethical. Mandatory vaccination should be categorically ruled out. No conversation is needed.

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Professor Karol Sikora

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4 years

It's good that shops can reopen in mid-June, but I think millions would love to hear more from the PM on when we can see loved ones. We desperately need to get the economy moving, but getting families & friends back together is equally important, even in a garden!

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Professor Karol Sikora

@ProfKarolSikora

4 years

I supported the first lockdown at the time, it was an unknown virus then. It's not now. Would it be just 'two weeks'? I doubt it. The consequences would be enormous, we're still reeling from the last one. Please stop the threats & just focus on getting testing working today.

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Professor Karol Sikora

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4 years

I've heard of several examples where the cause of death was clearly cancer, but registered as Coronavirus. How much is this happening? A single doctor’s signature with no real patient contact or positive test is enough. It's not an accurate way to record deaths.

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Professor Karol Sikora

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6 months

A Birmingham NHS trust recently advertised for a Director of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. The salary? £83,571 to £96,376 a year. Quite frankly an insult to taxpayers who are funding this nonsense. Slash these roles, and put the pay into pockets of frontline staff.

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Professor Karol Sikora

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4 years

What an absolute farce this has been. This has massively undermined the Gov's message - it's not good enough. A totally unnecessary distraction. He needs to step back pending an investigation so we can refocus on how we get out of this mess safely. It's wasting crucial time.

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Professor Karol Sikora

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4 years

I'm relatively new to Twitter so forgive me if I sound a little naive. Throughout my life, whether in person, on the phone or on Twitter I've always tried to be civil and polite. Nobody knows what other people are going through, a few kind words can go a long way.

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Professor Karol Sikora

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4 years

There were no confirmed deaths from Coronavirus today in Ireland. This is the first day with no fatalities since mid March. I'm delighted that the situation is improving so much for our neighbours. Very welcome news.

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Professor Karol Sikora

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4 years

In the last two months we should have diagnosed 60,000 people with cancer. No cure has been found, so where have they gone? It's so worrying. This culture of fear is dangerous and it has to stop - it could end up taking more lives than the virus.

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Professor Karol Sikora

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1 year

Really disappointed to see Oxfam urging staff to avoid using the words 'mother' and 'father'. I honestly had no idea that this nonsense was so widespread. And it is that - total nonsense.

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Professor Karol Sikora

@ProfKarolSikora

1 year

Men can't give birth. Health service literature should not be saying pregnant 'people', the word they are looking for is 'women'. Not complicated - pregnant women.

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Professor Karol Sikora

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4 years

176 reported fatalities today, a big drop on last Thursday's 413. (413 338 428 539 674 727 1029 1103) Ignore comparisons with other countries for now, the reporting methods are totally different. What is important is that our deaths are steadily declining - the trend is clear.

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Professor Karol Sikora

@ProfKarolSikora

4 years

Around 450 people a day die of cancer in the UK. Any fatality from cancer, coronavirus or any illness is tragic, but we've become so obsessed with the fight against Coronavirus we've neglected these other patients. This simply has to change or it will cost countless more lives.

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Professor Karol Sikora

@ProfKarolSikora

3 years

I've heard more about a couple living in California in two days than I have about the cancer diagnosis crisis in twelve months. We know tens of thousands have cancer and don't know it due to the disruptions. Where are the headlines? Where is the outrage for them?

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Professor Karol Sikora

@ProfKarolSikora

4 years

We're more in control of this virus than many think. It's sad to see people paralysed with fear and so negative about the future. We'll adapt, we always do. Keep your head up, things already feel a lot more normal - if we're all sensible, it will continue to improve.

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Professor Karol Sikora

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4 years

We are seeing a dramatic collapse in new infections. Just over two weeks ago the daily figure was 6111, we're now seeing it drop below 2500. Some very encouraging reports coming from London too where a tiny number of new cases are being recorded. Really good news.

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Professor Karol Sikora

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4 years

A couple in Spain, both 88 and married for 65 years, have both recovered from the virus and left hospital on the same day. Wishing Guadalupe and Jose many more years of happiness!

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Professor Karol Sikora

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4 years

In Italy shops, bars and restaurants are reopening today. We all remember those harrowing scenes from Northern Italy just a couple of months ago. I'm delighted that things have improved so much for our Italian friends. They deserve it!

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Professor Karol Sikora

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4 years

We first eased our lockdown over two weeks ago, if there was going to be a spike in infections we would have seen it by now. The trend on new infections continues to decline. (2,095 today) We're not out of the woods yet, but it certainly looks positive.

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Professor Karol Sikora

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4 years

A French Doctor has claimed that the virus was in France in December, a month before the first confirmed case. Dr Cohen tested old blood samples for patients with respiratory symptoms and found a positive result. This is worth investigating - it could be significant.

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Professor Karol Sikora

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4 years

We don't hear so much about hand washing now, but it's one of the most effective ways to stop the virus. It's been somewhat overlooked - ministers need to be shouting it from the rooftops. Excellent hand hygiene is the virus's worst nightmare - don't forget about it!

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Professor Karol Sikora

@ProfKarolSikora

2 years

Forcing the public by law to take a COVID vaccine is reprehensible. It will tear society apart, cause unspeakable anger and set a horrific precedent. Choice, autonomy and freedom still matter in my view. I'm ashamed it's being discussed and even implemented in places.

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Professor Karol Sikora

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4 years

Extremely encouraging reports in The Times this morning. Professor Sarah Gilbert is '80% confident' the Coronavirus vaccine she is developing at Oxford will work and if all goes perfectly, it could be ready by the Autumn. 80% is a very positive number indeed.

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Professor Karol Sikora

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7 months

An extremely concerning development. I have been booked to speak at the Spectator's 'How to fix Britain’s cancer crisis' debate at the Conservative Party Conference for some time. I was recently informed by the organisers that the sponsor of the event, an NHS supplier,…

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Professor Karol Sikora

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4 years

We are turning the tide against this virus. A big drop in deaths (the 2nd fewest for almost 3 weeks) & cases today. Monday figures are always low but 717 last Monday vs 449 today suggests we are through the very worst. The numbers will vary, but I'm sure we are past the peak.

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Professor Karol Sikora

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4 years

I'm surprised we're not hearing more about new infections finally collapsing. Testing is increasing, and positive results are really coming down. It's great news! Something has changed in the last week or so, there has been a significant reduction after a long plateau.

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Professor Karol Sikora

@ProfKarolSikora

4 years

On top of being a puppet for the British and Libyan Governments, I was accused yesterday of working for Putin! Utterly bonkers. Maybe I'm a shape-shifting reptile too? It's all water off a duck's back. Have a nice Sunday everyone!

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Professor Karol Sikora

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4 years

A big drop in fatalities today. 616 today vs 861 last Thursday and 881 two weeks ago. Cases steady with more testing. I understand the Government's caution, but there is no doubt we're past the peak. Stay calm and look at the data - we are getting through it.

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Professor Karol Sikora

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4 years

118 reported fatalities today vs 170, 269, 315, 420, 498, 686, 644 on previous Sundays - a strong decline. New infections at 2409 which is the lowest since March. The number of people in hospital with Coronavirus down. Everything is going in the right direction.

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Professor Karol Sikora

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4 years

The team at Oxford seems to be making great progress on the vaccine. First patients expected to take part in trials next week with 1 million doses produced by September in the hope it's successful. Unprecedented speed. Fingers crossed!

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Professor Karol Sikora

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4 years

It is entirely wrong and sends completely the wrong message allowing bars in the House of Parliament to be open after everyone else has to shut. I do wonder how they come up with this stuff sometimes. If we can't get a pint in the pub at 22.10, then neither should MPs.

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Professor Karol Sikora

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4 years

Here are the latest daily infection figures for the four European countries that eased their lockdowns back in mid-April (accelerating since). Denmark - 59 Norway - 14 Czech Republic - 77 Austria - 50 No second wave, not even a tiny ripple.

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Professor Karol Sikora

@ProfKarolSikora

4 years

Really encouraging to read Dr María Neira, the WHO Director for Public Health, say their models are showing a second wave being increasingly ruled out. Caution required, but she thinks that the virus will have a hard time surviving. The most optimistic the WHO have been!

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Professor Karol Sikora

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4 years

Please be mindful @piersmorgan - you have a huge audience and many are desperately worried. Reported deaths have trebled because of the collection lag over the holiday weekend. You've held the Gov to account superbly, but this rise was expected. The 3 day average will show.

Piers Morgan

@piersmorgan

4 years

BREAKING: UK official #coronavirus daily death toll virtually TREBLES in past 24hrs - up by 627 from 210 yesterday. New official total is 32,692 but real UK #coronavirus related death toll now estimated to be over 60,000. Worst 'excess deaths' in Europe, 2nd worst in the world.

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Professor Karol Sikora

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4 years

There are too many mixed messages. Now the PM's spokesman is playing down the headlines millions have seen today about the lockdown being eased. Discipline is breaking down - we need to see the PM, not Raab, at the briefing today and he needs to be straight with the public.

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4 years

My optimistic prediction: Getting almost back to the 'old normal' by August 1st, with minimal social distancing, should be our goal. NZ has done it entirely! Weddings, sports, parties - aiming for August would give people hope. It's possible if we all follow the rules now.

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Professor Karol Sikora

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4 years

We face risk every time we get out of bed. Alcohol, smoking, bad food, cars - there are plenty of things we live with that can do us harm. We can't hide from the danger Coronavirus poses forever, we have to learn to mitigate those risks so life can continue.

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Professor Karol Sikora

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4 years

The media will always focus on the eye-catching figures. Ignore it. Look for the averages. Fatalities dropped today - they are trending downwards. Most encouragingly even with testing improving, the new infection numbers are showing signs of reducing. We're getting there.

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Professor Karol Sikora

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1 year

No man can give birth and no woman can have a penis. We should always be polite and courteous to patients, but that does not mean confusingly denying medical reality. If that makes me a dinosaur, then so be it - but it's the truth and physicians shouldn't pretend otherwise.

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Professor Karol Sikora

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4 years

This is a genuine breakthrough. Oxford researchers have found the drug dexamethasone reduces Coronavirus deaths. In the trial it reduced death rates by a third for patients on ventilators. It's cheap, easy to use and could save so many lives across the world. Fantastic news.

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Professor Karol Sikora

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Take it with a pinch of salt because of weekend reporting, but Spain recording zero deaths today is just amazing news. They've had such a tough time, so any news like this is most welcome. Wishing everyone in Spain all the best.

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Professor Karol Sikora

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2 years

I'll repeat this again. Being against vaccinating young children for COVID or not wanting atrocious vaccine mandates does not make you 'anti-vax'. Not everybody needs jab after jab. It will benefit some, but not all. That's not 'anti-vax', that's common sense.

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Professor Karol Sikora

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4 years

I'm often told to 'stick to cancer' so let me do that. Disruption caused to diagnosis, treatment and research will cost countless lives. Coronavirus tunnel vision has caused the biggest cancer crisis in my lifetime. It's a disaster. I will continue to raise awareness of that.

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Professor Karol Sikora

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4 years

Just picked up 1000 antibody tests from Heathrow. All the way from Korea! Validating on Monday, then testing staff at The Rutherford Cancer Centres on Tuesday. These tests are the escape route out of this mess.

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Professor Karol Sikora

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4 years

My first patient at Hammersmith, a lady called Valerie, came to me as she was told nothing could be done - she had 2 small girls. I wasn't hopeful. We used an experimental drug and it worked, she never lost hope. She's still here 34 years later - I learnt a lot from Valerie.

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This summer will feel a lot more normal than people think. We were in a very dark place in March, but look at how far we've come in just two months. If we all take responsibility for our actions and behave sensibly, we will continue to see the benefits.

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Professor Karol Sikora

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4 years

I sincerely appreciate all of the support on here, I'm sorry I can't answer all of your questions! I implore everyone following me to keep it civil. The current atmosphere is no excuse for personal attacks or foul abusive language - let's please try and be kind to each other.

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Professor Karol Sikora

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Many of us have already had the virus. You've had some sniffles, a bit of a cough and you've thought nothing of it. That's why the simple antibody test which can show if you've had the virus and are now immune is pivotal. It's operational in Asia - hopefully soon in the UK!

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Professor Karol Sikora

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4 years

Some have accused me of being a Government stooge, others a dangerous loose cannon - I can't be both! The Government has done some things well and other things poorly. I'm not interested in politics. The blame game can wait, let's focus on how to get out of this mess together.

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Professor Karol Sikora

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4 years

Piers, there are plenty of negative voices around. Expressing a more positive outlook is not a crime. Nobody is saying that this crisis is over, extreme caution is required at every step as I constantly make clear. But we have made progress - people deserve to know that too.

Piers Morgan

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4 years

Yes Professor, but please temper your constant desire to be ‘positive’ with hard reality or your many new followers will all think this crisis is over & behave accordingly. It’s not.

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It’s great news vaccine passports aren’t going ahead. They are just a terrible idea in so many ways. 100% the right decision in my view.

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Professor Karol Sikora

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4 years

Introducing quarantine for those entering the UK tomorrow is just crazy. It’s simply too late when most countries have fewer cases than us. The rules are full of sloppy inconsistencies - I think the Government has got this one badly wrong.

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Professor Karol Sikora

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There is a light at the end of the tunnel. South Korea has reported the lowest number of new cases in four weeks - they're virtually through it. Even in Wuhan, the virus epicentre, the lockdown is being eased. Coronavirus is beatable - but only if we do it together.

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Professor Karol Sikora

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Getting out of lockdown was always going to be harder than getting into it. They key ingredient to all of this is personal responsibility. The Gov can't police everyone. If we want to keep easing out of the lockdown, we all need to continue using some common sense.

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Professor Karol Sikora

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4 years

I've been broadly supportive of the Gov's approach so far, but when the PM is back we need to see an exit plan. I miss my grandchildren- people should know we'll be able to see our loved ones soon, albeit with guidelines. The British public has been great - give them some hope.

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Professor Karol Sikora

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4 years

Families & friends are being reunited, the high street is reopening, sport is back on soon. I always thought summer would feel a lot more like normal than people feared. It was never going to happen overnight, but the worst of this pandemic is far behind us.

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Danish experts are confused after they've seen no rise in infections over 4 weeks after they eased their lockdown. Is it because of social distancing or due to the virus weakening they ask? Too early to draw any conclusions, but this is a good sign.

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Finished for the day. I’m off for a dog walk and then a glass of wine with the wife. Hope everyone has a lovely evening!

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Once this crisis has passed we should all stop taking so many things for granted. I will never complain about my grandchildren being too noisy again! We'll all appreciate a pub lunch or a long walk in the sun that bit more after this nightmare.

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288 fatalities today - the lowest figure in well over a month and lower than the last 5 Mondays. Ignore the noise - there are fewer people losing their lives to Coronavirus every day. It is still far too many, but this is good news. The situation will continue to improve.

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We don't see so much about this in the papers now, but the situation in Italy & Spain has dramatically improved. Both countries are seriously planning to move out of lockdown. A remarkable effort from two wonderful countries.

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It's been three weeks since our lockdown was eased and there has been no evidence of any increase in new infections. In fact, the numbers continue to decline - surprising many! We have to stay vigilant but in my view this is an extremely positive sign for the coming weeks.

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16 reported fatalities today, compared to 25 15 38 55 111 on previous Mondays. 352 new cases recorded which is by far the lowest number we have seen for some time. There is no question that the presence of the virus is reducing and fast. Let's keep it that way.

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The Government can only do so much. There are over 66 million people in the UK. We all need to look at the guidelines and work out what is best for our family. People I speak to seem to understand that. The next phase can't work without personal responsibility and common sense.

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Mistakes have been made - we haven't got testing, PPE, the exit strategy or treating other serious illnesses 100% right. No country's response has been flawless. So let's move forward together, learn from it and get it sorted as soon as possible.

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I personally think the Royal Mail have done an absolutely fantastic job all the way through this pandemic. My son is a manager so I'm biased, but with the increased demand it's still been a brilliant service. To all the postmen and women, managers and support staff - thanks!

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50,000 missing cancer patients, 24,000 also with significantly delayed treatment. More people every day are failing to get their diagnosis. Easily the biggest disaster in my career in oncology. What are ministers talking about? Justifying vaccine passports. Astounding.

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Spain just recorded its lowest death toll in 17 days. The situation there has dramatically improved over the last week. Infections down, hospitalisations down, deaths down. If people are sensible, this will happen here too.

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We're still seeing no evidence of a 'second peak' in European countries that eased their lockdowns first. Austria, Denmark, Norway eased their lockdowns around a month ago and cases are continuing to fall. We need to move forwards with caution, but with confidence it can work.

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A symbolic moment - 77 reported fatalities today. The first time it's been under 100 for far too long (weekend caveats) - 115 last Sunday. My thoughts are with all the families being torn apart by this ghastly virus. Infections at 1326 the fewest since March - real progress.

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48 reported fatalities today, in comparison to recent Fridays that is a very low number - 137 186 173 204 358. 512 new cases. Again one of the lowest numbers we've seen since the start of this pandemic. There is no doubt we are making progress, let's make sure it continues.

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What I'm terrified about? 50,000 people because of this whole mess have cancer but don't know it. 50,000 mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, friends, colleagues. We're going to hear a lot on justifying vaccine passports and almost nothing on this. It's unacceptable.

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